An apartment fire in Wilmington this afternoon started in the kitchen, where investigators believe unattended cooking was to blame. Investigators with the Wilmington Fire Department said the fire at The Glenn Apartments caused more than $750 thousand in damage to the complex, but fire officials don't believe anyone was hurt.
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The American Red Cross, local firefighters and volunteers held a countywide effort to install hundreds of smoke alarms in Brunswick County Saturday. This comes after seven fires in March that claimed the lives of five people.
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New Hanover County Commissioners honored four sheriff's deputies Monday morning for rescuing a man from a fire.
Cpl C. Hollar, Dep. L. Daniels, Dep. J. Gonnelli and Dep. N. Brothers rescued a disable man from his home on Barren Inlet Rd on Feb. 20th.
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The seventh accidental house fire in Brunswick County in less than two weeks destroyed a home Saturday.
Firefighters responded to a Boiling Springs Lake home around 11:00 am. There were no injuries, but fire marshal Scott Garner says 11 people lived in the house.
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